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Kāhore hoki he kupu i ahu mai i te Atua i kore e whai mana!”

Anō rā ko Meri, “Inā, te pononga a te Ariki; kia pērātia ahau me tāu i kōrero ai.” Ā, mawehe atu ana te anahera i a ia.

Nā, ka whakahoki te anahera, ka mea ki a ia, “Ka tae te Wairua Tapu ki runga ki a koe, ka taumarumaru iho te kaha o te Runga Rawa ki runga ki a koe; nō reira hoki ka kīia te mea e whānau mai he tapu, ko te Tama a te Atua.

Ka koa anō ia e whakapono ana, ka whakaritea hoki ngā mea i kōrerotia ki a ia e te Ariki.”

Nanā, tērā koe e hapū, ka whānau he tama, ā, ka huaina e koe tōna ingoa ko Īhu. Ka nui ia, ka kīia hoki ko te Tama a te Runga Rawa; ā, ka hoatu ki a ia e te Ariki, e te Atua, te torōna o Rāwiri, o tōna pāpā. Hei kīngi hoki ia mō te whare o Hākopa ake ake; e kore anō e mutu tōna rangatiratanga.”

Nā, ka mea te anahera ki a ia, “Kei wehi koe, e Meri; kua paingia hoki koe e te Atua.